Bill's Box Competition
:: Posted by Sid Smith on Fri., Aug 19, 2011
If you head over to Bill Bruford's website you can find out more details about how to enter a competition to be at the exclusive invite-only launch of the special edition of Bill's biography by Foruli.

Hammill's Character
:: Posted by Sid Smith on Thu., Aug 18, 2011
Peter Hammill's latest blog update details some problems he's been having in getting royalty payments from an indie label character who will be known to long-term readers of RF's diary.

After reading Peter's commentary, RF writes "we dealt with BC's threat of libel with a senior partner of Carter Ruck: he actually used a junior at the firm who had no authority to even reply to our letters. which she / they / he didn't. and we have not heard from him since."

Muir On Rubbish
:: Posted by Sid Smith on Thu., Aug 18, 2011
Here’s a link to an article by drummer and writer, Mark Nauseef, which quotes Jamie Muir on his approach to percussion.

Vicious Bob Is At It Again (Again)
:: Posted by Sid Smith on Wed., Aug 17, 2011
Would you buy a used laminate off this man?

To The Winner, The Spoils
:: Posted by Sid Smith on Wed., Aug 17, 2011
Holger Klein who recently won our Fernando Kabusacki giveaway has sent in this photograph of him with his prizes - 2 Kab CDs and a T-Shirt.

Stay tuned for another giveaway.

Bad News For The Majors?
:: Posted by Sid Smith on Tue., Aug 16, 2011
My thanks to Jim Bricker and DeVito for alerting me to this article highlighting a number of artists in the process of exercising their termination rights with the major record labels. 

Soundscapes & New Sounds
:: Posted by Sid Smith on Tue., Aug 16, 2011
You can hear 15 minutes of RF at the World Financial Centre in 1998 on WNYC's New Sounds show. Fripp's part of the programme begins at around 17.50. Listen to it all here.

Guitar Circle Updates
:: Posted by Sid Smith on Tue., Aug 16, 2011
Here's some details about the forthcoming Guitar Circle programme of activities.

1 - The Guitar Circle Of Europe Recording Preparation - AAD (At-A-Distance) Course October 3rd to December 18th, 2011.

2 - The Orchestra Of Crafty Guitarists V Preparation Course
Sunday 13th to Monday 21st November, 2011 / San Cugat (Barcelona), Spain

3 - Introduction To Guitar Circle
Monday 14th to Saturday 21st November, 2011 / San Cugat (Barcelona), Spain

KC In Finland
:: Posted by Sid Smith on Mon., Aug 15, 2011
Mister Stormy serves up an audient request KC in Helsinki from 2003.

And Now A Word From Our Sponsors...
:: Posted by Sid Smith on Fri., Aug 12, 2011
Here's a piece about the growth of music patronage in the pop scene.